Based in my home town of Durham, NC, Cree is a market-leading innovator of everything to do with lighting and a large company by any measure ($1.63 Billion market capitalization with 6,400 employees). What most intrigues me is that Cree – and its CEO – remains entrepreneurial in its thinking, its culture, its actions even with its huge size.[Read more…]

As a CEO or organizational leader, you may be searching the marketplace for that next big revenue source, investor, or grant — your next opportunity to execute on your mission and create a sustainable bright future.

But, are you ready for it?

There are countless stories of individuals and businesses securing wonderful opportunities and being completely unprepared for what came next. [Read more…]

I recently worked with eight CEOs/Executive Directors (at a roundtable just for them) to explore optimizing their business model as a critical element of creating sustainable high performance. Click here for more pictures.

These are the steps we explored:

Step 1: Know your vision for your organization and share it.

Where do you want to see your organization in the next one to two years? Can you answer this in one or two sentences? [Read more…]

As a business leader do you wonder: “How can I create a culture that consistently produces sustainable high performance?”

I recently interviewed leaders from nine high performing organizations who shared their accomplishments and challenges in creating sustainable organizations. Clearly three areas consistently require a leader’s attention. They are: